today’s warm up/ classwork activity how would you react if aliens landed in your backyard? how...
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Today’s Warm Up/ Classwork ActivityHow would you react if aliens landed in
your backyard? How would you respond to them?
Your paragraph should be at least 5-7 sentences and well written.
Tribes of North Carolina
Catawba (ka-ta-ba)CherokeeCreekCroatanTuscaroraTutelo/SaponiCheraw, Chicora,
Waccamaw
CoharieHaliwa-SaponiLumbeeMeherrinOccaneechi Band of
Saponi NationWaccamaw SiouanEastern Band of
CherokeeSappony
Pre Colonist Today
Native Americans In North Carolina
North Carolina has largest American Indian population east of the Mississippi River.
Most Native American tribes are located around a body of water because Native American people lived off of the land. Like it is today for everyone, water was a necessity to the AI people.
Today they hold social gatherings called PowWowsThey perform traditional dances at the PowWows as
drummers drum and chant songsStyles of dance include: men’s and women’s traditional,
men’s and women’s fancy, jingle (women), and grass (men)
Indian Life at the time of European Contact
The Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and Mountains were home to more than 30 different Native American groups
Groups ranged in size from a few villages to thousands of members
Algonquin TribesAlgonquin language was spoken along the
coastGroups included Chowanoc, Pasquotank,
and WaccamawTribes depended on fish, fruit, and
vegetables
TuscaroraThe Tuscarora lived on the Coastal Plain,
along the Neuse and Tar RiversUsed hemp to make rope and binding cord.
The name means “hemp gatherers”Connected to the Iroquois tribes of New
York
Indian hemp, which is also called milkweed, is a plant that produces strong fibers, like cotton does.
CatawbaThe largest group living in PiedmontKnown for their burnt-black potteryTribes in Piedmont spoke versions of Sioux
LanguageConnected to the Sioux tribes of the Great
Plains
CherokeeWere related to Iroquois, but had been
driven away from their homesDuring Woodland Period, they settled in the
mountainsControlled 40,000 square miles when
Europeans arrivedDuring Woodland Period they numbered
30,000, and had three main divisions-upper, middle, and lower
Native American Habits and BeliefsWoodland culture and customs dominated
1500sVillages were longhouses and hutsClans were connected through mothers
(Matrilineal)Tribes were governed by consensus, where
most members agreed on decisionsNature was respected and center of most
beliefsEuropeans introduced animals, plants, and
diseases that Natives had not seen
Native Americans in North Carolina
Facts you should know:Lumbee tribe has the largest AI poplulation E. of Mississippi
RiverCherokee tribe is found in NC and OK. In NC the Cherokee
people are referred to as the Eastern Band of Cherokee, in OK they are referred to as the Western Band of Cherokee
Haliwa-Saponi means “The red earth people”Waccamaw Siouan means “The fallen star people”